I was going to treat myself to a new canoe to celebrate my successful back operation this Saturday (you have to be optimistic) and so was going to purchase an Alpacka raft (https://www.alpackaraft.com/index.cfm/store.catalog?CategoryID=53&ProductID=66) with which I plan to tackle the Snowy as soon as I am recovered – probably alone, as Della’s eyesight won’t let her do serious whitewater any more, and you can just spend your life waiting around until your friends are free to join you!. Checking out the website I noticed they have THIS amazing innovation (https://www.alpackaraft.com/index.cfm/store.catalog?categoryID=65) which allows you to put all your gear inside the inflated tubes! What an amazing idea. Sheri Tingey is a genius!
Hereis my raft on the Seaforth River Fiordland New Zealand in 2009:
See: http://www.theultralighthiker.com/dusky-track-canoeing-the-seaforth/
